Midmorning ceased broadcast on February 20, 2012 and was replaced by The Daily Circuit.

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

Health care overhaul proposals take shapeA Senate panel has approved health care overhaul proposal that calls for required insurance for almost all Americans and a public plan. As bills work their way through the U.S. House and Senate there's still the question of how to pay the more than trillion dollar price tag.9:06 a.m.

The tricky relationship between Congress and the CIAA secret CIA program to kill Al Qaeda leaders, revealed last week by CIA chief Leon Panetta, is likely to spur a Congressional investigation. Midmorning examines the relationship between Congress and the CIA.10:06 a.m.

Guests

Pamela Hess: reports on national security issues for the Associated Press.

John Radsan: Director of the National Security Forum at William Mitchell College of Law. He was assistant general counsel at the CIA from 2002 - 2004.

Richard Russell: Professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University's Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies and a former political and military analyst for the CIA. He is the author of "Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets it Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right."